Overview#

Distributed system is an Architecture Framework in which a collection of nodes with no shared memory that communicate and coordinate their actions by passing messages over a network.

Distributed systems implies that there is some sort of Communication Network involved.

Distributed system usually has a Framework as either a:

• Centralized system
• Decentralised system
• Hybrid

Distributed system Architecture examples:

• Internet
  • DNS
  • NIS
• Microservices
• Distributed Ledger Technology (Blockchain)
• Application Programming Interface (API)
• RESTful
• Distributed Web
• Distributed File System
• Distributed Data Store
• Distributed Computing Environment
• Distributed Computing Environment

Distributed system Considerations#

Distributed system uses a network layer to communicate between them. Communicating over a network instead of in-memory calls brings extra latency and complexity to the system which requires cooperation between multiple physical and logical components. The increased complexity of the distributed system leads to a higher chance of particular network failures.

Health-checks are typically performed to ensure Availability and Reliability

More Information#

There might be more information for this subject on one of the following:

• Blockchain 2.0
• Centralized system
• Chubby Lock Service
• DID Document
• DID record
• Decentralised system
• Decentralized system
• Distributed Consensus
• Distributed Data Store
• Distributed Web
• Enterprise Service Bus
• Global Catalog
• Macaroons
• Message-oriented Middleware
• Middleware
• NIS
• Network File System
• Piloting a Research Directory in an OSI Environment
• Replication
• Sovrin
• State
• User-agent
• Version Control System
• Web Blog_blogentry_050218_1
• XACML
• XDAS